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IBM Partnerships to Boost Energy Efficiency in Buildings

July 29, 2010July 29, 2010 by Gina Roos

IBM has announced it is collaborating with a Honeywell division to deliver “smart” technologies and solutions to help companies improve the efficiency of their buildings including commercial and retail spaces, and Carnegie Mellon University to create smarter infrastructures, aimed at more efficient and cost-effective building management. As part of its ... Read more »

Internet Standards Set to Revolutionize Sustainable Practices in Building Automation

July 26, 2010September 13, 2010 by Florence Hudson

Constant technological innovation has been the great driver of industrial progress for ages. But the societal benefits inherent in the promise of technological progress usually depend on its widespread use and deployment, a process that has historically been mid-wived by the use of standard interfaces and components. Standards play a ... Read more »

Sun World Yields 20% Fuel Savings through Smart Farming

July 22, 2010 by Gina Roos

Sun World International, an agribusiness based in Bakersfield, Calif., is using IBM analytics technology to help the company implement more cost effective and energy-efficient harvesting practices, improve crop yields, reduce waste and expand its customer base. The solution from IBM and Applied Analytix enables Sun World to collect, track, interpret ... Read more »

Smarter Water and Energy Conservation Policies

July 22, 2010September 13, 2010 by Sharon Nunes

Smarter water and energy conservation policies are intertwined The droughts in the West and South. The gyrations in the price of oil. Just these two realities alone have taught us how much water and energy will define our futures. Yet, what isn’t always obvious is the connection between the two. ... Read more »

Roundup – Whole Foods, Grubb & Ellis, IBM

July 21, 2010October 18, 2016 by Paul Nastu

Sweetbay Supermarket asks seafood suppliers to show they’re sustainable St. Petersberg Times IBM’s Green Supply Chain Harvard Business Review City giving away $1 million in energy efficient rebates 9 News Grubb & Ellis Company to Participate in U.S. Department of Energy International Energy Efficiency Pilot Program PR Newswire Veto of ... Read more »

IBM CR Report: Energy Conservation Cuts Energy Costs by $26.8M

June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Gina Roos

IBM’s energy conservation program saved the company $26.8 million and prevented more than 142,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions in 2009, according to the company’s 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report. IBM’s report provides an overview of four key areas: energy conservation and climate protection, process stewardship, product stewardship and supply chain ... Read more »

IBM, Esty Environmental Partners Spearhead Sustainability Innovators Initiative

June 25, 2010June 25, 2010 by Gina Roos

Esty Environmental Partners (EEP), a sustainable business consulting firm, and IBM have launched the Sustainability Innovators Working Group, together with 12 other companies, aimed at developing new management tools and models for environmental management and corporate sustainability. EEP is the organizer of the group and IBM is both a participant ... Read more »

IBM to Bring Smarter Transportation to Texas

May 6, 2010 by Gina Roos

IBM and university-based Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) are partnering to develop intelligent transportation projects in Texas, aimed at easing traffic congestion, which will lead to reduced accidents, improved emergency response times and cost savings. The goal is to solve transportation issues in Texas first and eventually worldwide. The partnership will ... Read more »

IBM Addressing Sustainability of 30,000 Suppliers

April 15, 2010April 15, 2010 by Paul Nastu

IBM has a new program to address sustainability and environmental aspects of its nearly 30,000-member-strong supply chain. The program covers suppliers in 90 nations, according to IBM’s Smarter Planet blog. Starting this year, IBM is asking each of its suppliers to define an environmental management system suitable to their particular ... Read more »

EDF Consolidates 3 Data Centers into a Single Energy Efficient Model

April 2, 2010 by Paul Nastu

EDF, an energy company in the UK, recently decided to consolidate several older data centers into one energy efficient model. EDF worked with IBM to install the data center, from design to construction. EDF said it gleaned some “best practices” from IBM. The data center has increased airflow to improve ... Read more »

Post-Consumer Rigid Plastics Recycling Grows 11% in 2008

March 9, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

More than 361 million pounds of post-consumer rigid plastics were collected for recycling nationwide in 2008, up nearly 11 percent from 2007, according to a report released by the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Scientists also may have found a way to develop biodegradable plastics and extend the useful life of ... Read more »

HP Leads 100 Best Corporate Citizens List

March 3, 2010May 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

Hewlett-Packard moved up from its number five ranking in 2009, to the number one slot, on the 2010 Top 100 Best Corporate Citizens list from Corporate Responsibility Magazine. With a weighted average score of 17.35, computer giant HP was the clear winner. Rounding out the top five included Intel (21.04), ... Read more »

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